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Police still working Belcher investigation

Although Kansas City police are concluding their investigation into the murder-suicide shootings by Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher, records detailing what happened aren't expected to be released for more than a week.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Although Kansas City police are concluding their investigation into the murder-suicide shootings by Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher, records detailing what happened aren't expected to be released for more than a week.

Representatives from the police department and the Jackson County prosecutor's office said Thursday that police likely won't turn over their findings to the prosecutor's office until the end of next week. Belcher, 25, fatally shot Kasandra Perkins, his longtime girlfriend, at the couple's Crysler Avenue home before shooting himself in the head in the parking lot of the Chiefs training facility Saturday.

Police spokeswoman Sgt. Marisa Barnes said the investigation is "for the most part over," but that police are waiting on toxicology reports.

The prosecutor's office is expected to close the case, after which time it can be released to the news media.

The investigation remains open as the families and Chiefs organization begin to move on. Perkins' family will hold the first of two memorial services for the 22-year-old Thursday in Texas.

The first service is scheduled to be in Fort Worth, where Perkins' mother lives, according to Kansas City television station KCTV-5. The Associated Press reported that her funeral will follow later Thursday at the Ridgeview Family Fellowship Church in Blue Ridge, Texas, which is 50 miles northeast of Dallas.

A second memorial service will be held in Austin, where Perkins' father lives.

Chiefs players, coaches and staff attended a memorial service for Belcher in Kansas City on Wednesday.